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Colonists Defy Parliament - pg 158
Members of the “Stamp Act Congress”:
1. What slogan did colonists cry out to protest the attack on their rights?
• No taxation without representation
2. Who was the member of the Virginia House of Burgesses that demanded resistance? He said “If this be treason, make the most of it!”
• Patrick Henry
3. Stamp Act Congress:
Who?
• Delegates (elected representatives) from nine colonies
What?
• “Stamp Act Congress” (that’s what they formed).
• “Congress” means a meeting of important people
When?
• 1765
Where?
• New York City
Why?
• To create a petition to the King protesting the Stamp Act
What did the Stamp Act Congress declare?
• The right to tax the colonies belonged to the colonists, not Parliament
4. What was the purpose of the group called the “Sons of Liberty”?
• They were a secret society formed to oppose British policy
5. What did members of the Sons of Liberty encourage?
• Colonists should Attack customs officials and burn the stamps
6. What was the most effective form of protest?
• The Boycott
7. How do we know that the boycott worked?
• The Stamp Act was repealed (withdrawn)
8. Who did the boycott target?
• British Merchants
American Political Cartoon poking fun at Parliament holding a “stamp act funeral”:
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